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Ferguson, and his partner, 
Ailsa Wonnacott; sister and 
brother-in-law, Ginny and 
Michael Thorp; mother, 
Jacqueline Joyce Ferguson. 
Interment was at Clover 
Hill Park Cemetery. 
Contributions may be made 
to Michigan Humane Society, 
30300 Telegraph Road, Suite 
220, Bingham Farms, MI 
48025, michiganhumane.
org/tributes; Alzheimer’s 
Association-Greater 
Michigan Chapter, 25200 
Telegraph Road, Suite 100, 
Southfield, MI 48033, alz.
org/gmc; or Optimist 
International Foundation, 
4494 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 
MO 63108, oifoundation.org/
donate.html. Arrangements 
by Ira Kaufman Chapel.

LOIS 
SHIFFMAN, 90, 
of Birmingham, 
died Jan. 22, 
2022. 
She is 
survived by her daughters 
and sons-in-law, Gail 
and Mark Hennes, and 
Audrey Shiffman and Peter 
Langmaid; son and daughter-
in-law, Gary and Lisa 
Shiffman; grandchildren, 
Matthew and Mallory, 
Alex and Mara, Adam and 
Amanda, Rina and Josh, 
Asher and Adina, Gila, 
Menachem and Aliza, and 
Jessica and Elizabeth; great-
grandchildren, Emerson, 
Morrison, Harlan, Rocky 
and Matan Lev; loving 
sister of Rosalie and the 
late Burt Gold, Terran and 

Roger Leemis, Doreen and 
the late David Hermelin, 
and Henrietta and the late 
Melvin Weinberg. She is also 
survived by numerous other 
family members, including 
nieces, nephews and many 
wonderful friends. 
Mrs. Shiffman was the 
beloved wife of the late Dr. 
Milton M. Shiffman; the 
devoted daughter of the late 
Rose and the late Joseph 
Gold. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be 
made to Jewish Family 
Service, 6555 W. Maple 
Road, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48322, jfsdetroit.
org; Holocaust Memorial 
Center, 28123 Orchard Lake 
Road, Farmington Hills, 

MI 48334, holocaustcenter.
org; Jewish Hospice & 
Chaplaincy Network, 6555 
W. Maple, West Bloomfield, 
MI 48322, jewishhospice.
org; or to a charity of one’s 
choice. Arrangements by Ira 
Kaufman Chapel.

LEO 
SZLAMKOWICZ, 
59, of Farmington 
Hills, died Jan. 
24, 2022. 
He is 
survived by his son, Todd 
Szlamkowicz; brother and 
sister-in-law, Issac and Linda 
Szlamkowicz; nephews and 
nieces, Adam and Lauren 
Szlamkowicz, Danielle 
Szlamkowicz, Julie and Brian 
Dowgiallo, Stefanie and Jon 
Tuzman; many great-nieces 

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